In the video clip "Horrible Histories- Henry VIII (Terrible Tudors)" It shows what happens to each one of Henry VIII's wives. It is an easy way to learn their names and what they did wrong for Henry to do something terrible to them. Here is a link to check out the video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fadCAHjN-s
King Henry VIII Was the second son, so he was not expected to be king, but his older brother died and Henry VIII took the throne. He first Married Catherine of Aragon in November of 1501 when he was only 10 years old. After 18 years of marriage they only had one surviving child, Mary Tudor. Henry felt that England's stability depended on them having a Male heir. So King Henry wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn.
He only wanted to marry Anne Boleyn hoping that she would bear him a son. Anne Boleyn then gave birth to another daughter, Elizabeth. Henry VIII said that she flirted with another man so, he beheaded her. Then he married Jane Seymour, which was the real love of his life. She gave birth to a son, Edward. Soon after the birth she died.
After Jane Seymour comes Anne of Cleves, King Henry fell for her portrait that he saw. When he saw her in person, and realized she looked nothing like her portrait; he had another divorce. Then came Kathryn Howard at five, she just like Anne Boleyn flirted with others and King Henry VIII beheaded her as well. His last wife was Katherine Parr, she outlive King Henry and was the only wife to survive.
There is one line that gets repeated throughout the whole song. "Divorced, beheaded and died, divorced, beheaded, survived. I am Henry VIII I had 6 sorry wives. Some might say I ruined their lives." This also goes in the order of which he married his six wives.
I really enjoyed your blog post Angela! I liked how you put pictures of all the wives. It was also nice how your post was short but fit all the information you needed in it. It was helpful to have short paragraphs instead of one giant paragraph. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI like how you bought up something that we learned a little bit ago. I also like how you have the picture predominantly shown in the middle of the post because it does its job as a visual where everyone can see and admire it! I also liked how you used some lines from the video you saw to make your point! Good job!
ReplyDeleteI liked how you included a picture of Henry VIII, as well as some background information on his life before you began talking about his wives. It was also great to be able to see Henry's rationale (however twisted), for beheading and divorcing many of his wives. Great post, and also nice relation to what we learned in class.
ReplyDeleteCool connection to the video in class. You did a nice job summarizing the topic but I wish you added more connection to class and made it clear what was the summary part and what what the connection part. That song helped me memorize certain facts and I believe it helped me on the quiz/test as well. Thanks for posting!
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